Occular rosacea/ Bletharitis

Rosacea, yes. Sterilid spray.
If there is itching, Aquaphor.

Also OCuSOFT lid scrub original

Yes, I had Demodex blepharitis. Optometrist recommended 'We Love Eyes' on Amazon. It is a foaming cleanser containing tea tree oil. Use daily for a month and use your fingers or baby toothbrush to gently cleanse your eyelashes. If that doesn't work there is a RX.

I have ocular rosacea and blepharitis, but no mites. Over the years, I have had a few of the Lipiflow treatments, which really helped. Besides taking more omega-3 fish oils, using the daily eyelid scrubs, and doing the blinking exercises, I have had 3 IPL laser treatments (now considered the state-of the-art treatment) and will have my third treatment in December. Unfortunately, each treatment is $400, and it’s not covered by insurance. The money would be well worth if it cured or significantly helped with my red, dry and tearing eyes. But, it doesn’t seem much better. I’m wondering if maybe antibiotics would help, but my ophthalmologist doesn’t seem to want to go this route.

@imogen1025

Unfortunately this is a chronic condition that just has to be managed. I’ve had 3 IPL treatments and 2 lipiflow treatments, and I’m pretty much the same, red swollen area around eyelashes. I’m on Cequa drops which I’ve used for 6 months and daily eyelid wipes. I have a prescription for doxycycline which I take once a day, not sure it helps but want to throw everything at this and hope something works! It helps to know someone else is going through this, such an odd thing to have!!

@cm4713 Yes, I inherited this condition from my father, who inherited it from his mother. My eyes were red and irritated when I was a child, but as I grew older, my eyes were less problematic. I even wore contact lenses for 5-6 years until an optometrist told me I had Blepharitis and should not be wearing contact lenses. Now that I am older, they have gotten dryer and then wetter. The lipiflow treatment seemed to help me more than the IPL treatments. I’m also using manduka honey eye drops that I think are helping. I’d rather not take any antibiotics unless I know they are going to help me. I’m going to try manduka honey wipes because the other tea tree ones I have are for demodex mites, which I don’t have and I think might be overkill. MGD is a pain, but at least our vision is not affected! Apparently, all of us need to blink more because staring at screens for several hours reduces our blinking, which reduces our eye fluids.